Electra Battery Materials appoints Duenas GM of Ontario cobalt refinery
TSX-V- and Nasdaq-listed Electra Battery Materials Corporation has appointed as GM of its Ontario cobalt sulphate refinery Garzon Duenas, who will lead the project from ongoing construction through commissioning, ramp-up and commercial operations.
The company confirms that construction of the refinery remains on budget, with select commissioning activities set to start in the fourth quarter.
Mechanical completion of the refinery is on track for the second quarter of next year, followed by full commissioning and production ramp-up in the third quarter and commercial production from the fourth quarter.
Duenas brings to his position more than three decades of experience in managing, commissioning and operating mineral processing plants and refining facilities in Canada and abroad. One example is a 3 000 t/y nickel and cobalt processing facility in the Philippines.
His background spans cobalt, nickel, copper, platinum group metals, gold and specialty chemicals.
"We have worked together before, and I have seen firsthand the discipline and operating focus he brings. He sets high performance standards, drives continuous improvement and develops the people around him to deliver against those standards. I know what he can deliver and I am confident he is the right leader to help take the refinery from construction through commissioning and into operations," says Electra CEO Trent Mell.
Electra's refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, is designed to process 18 000 t of cobalt hydroxide feed a year to produce 5 120 t/y of contained cobalt in a battery-grade sulphate.
A Phase 2 expansion will increase cobalt-hydroxide throughput to about 22 500 t/y to produce 6 500 t/y of contained cobalt.
Once commissioned, the facility will be North America's first battery-grade cobalt sulphate refinery, providing a domestic source of refined cobalt and adding to the continent's critical minerals processing supply chain.
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